The horizontal branch luminosity vs. metallicity in M 31 globular clusters

2012/07/19 by Luciana Federici, L. Federici, C. Cacciari +9 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics #Distance modulus #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Galaxy #Globular cluster #Horizontal branch #Luminosity #Metallicity #Milky Way #Physics #Red-giant branch #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph.CO #astro-ph.GA

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219317

13 pages, 6 figures, 2 tables; typos corrected; added a reference for section 4. Accepted for publication in Astronomy&Astrophysics

openalex publication_date 2012/07/19 · arxiv created 2012/08/06 · arxiv updated 2015/06/05 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Context. Thanks to the outstanding capabilites of the HST, our current knowledge about the M 31 globular clusters (GCs) is similar to our knowledge of the Milky Way GCs in the 1960s − 1970s, which set the basis for studying the halo and galaxy formation using these objects as tracers, and established their importance in defining the cosmic distance scale.

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